Congrats to the first chef!; Prichard mayor's fantasy land (Press-Register Sound Off)

-- Congratulations to the governor’s chef for winning the annual Great American Seafood Cook-off in New Orleans. That’s quite an accomplishment.

Dream on, Mr. Mayor

-- Mayor Davis lives in fantasy land if he thinks bankruptcy is the answer. A solution would be for the state to appoint a firm to manage the Prichard finances.

Short, dead and satisfied

-- I’m sorry for the elderly man having to cut his grass, but remember, your grass can be short and brown, that means dead, if you spray it with weed killer. You don’t have to cut it anymore and you can’t get a ticket, either.

Where are Mobile’s mowers?

-- I think the city of Mobile ought to set the example about grass-cutting. They ought to cut their own grass before they hand out citations. If they’d set an example, maybe the people would follow suit. They can start with Eslava Creek Road.

‘One of the cruelest things’

-- A big round of applause to the Fairhope police officers who raided the cockfighting ring. This is one of the cruelest things to do to animals. I think now that these guys have been caught, let’s get our lawmakers on board to make laws tougher and send the illegals back to their home countries.

Lots of illegalities

-- There goes the theory that illegal aliens are law-abiding. Of the 18 people arrested at the Fairhope cockfighting, 12 were illegal immigrants.

Poison in the air

-- Please stop spraying for mosquitoes. All they’re doing is killing the dragonflies and bees. Just get some Mrs. Stewart’s Liquid Blue, a few drops in your birdbath or standing water, and you will have no problems.

A war without end

-- Is the loss of dozens of elite American troops of Taliban rockets propelled in Afghanistan really worth our being there? I think not. Those people have been fighting each other for centuries. Let’s get out of there now.

Ready, aim, fire

-- London police should be given orders to shoot every one of those thugs that are burning, tearing and stealing. The U.S. needs to get some rules in place in case the same thing happens here.

Bayside proletariat

-- I didn’t know we had so many communists in Mobile. I can’t believe the people calling in with hatred for people who have money or are rich. Yeah, there are a few bad rich people running around, just like there’s a few bad poor people running around.

Rats in the food stamps

-- If one-third of Alabamians are on food stamps, there needs to be an immediate investigation, and some people need to go to prison.